Hundreds of protesters braved Friday night’s snow to weigh in on school closings.The district held nine simultaneous hearings across the city on its plan to shut schools down or have them share space.Some 400 people came out for Crane High School's hearing.

Political strategist David Axelrod says he wants to inspire young people to pursue politics.The senior strategist for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign will return to his alma mater, the University of Chicago, to lead the new Institute of Politics.His new job starts next year.

A group of Chicago pastors is weighing in on the ongoing controversy over school closings and turnarounds.Before yesterday’s city council meeting, about 20 African American and Latino religious leaders demanded improvement of failing schools.Rev.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a law suit against Westwood College for what she calls deceptive practices. The lawsuit is based on student complaints that the school's Criminal Justice Program was misleading about its accreditation.

If you live on Chicago’s South or West Sides, you could be getting a phone call tonight from an education activist group.The Illinois chapter of the national organization Stand for Children is calling 50,000 phone numbers tonight--20,000 on Chicago’s West Side and 30,000 on the South Side.

Parents at a South Side Chicago school say staff tried to get as many as a quarter of students there to transfer out.
The district is proposing to close Guggenheim Elementary school, which district officials have called “the worst elementary school in Illinois.”